From the cover:When Ben Campbell’s father announced that he was gay, Ben called it selfishly blowing apart the family without stopping to think about anyone else. Three years, countless joints, and one arrest later, Ben finds himself yanked out of his city life and plunked down in eastern Montana with his father and Edward, the Boyfriend.As if arriving in a Hicksville town with hair spikes, a skateboard habit, and two dads isn’t painful enough, Ben soon realizes something is gravely wrong at the house next door. Eleven-year-old Billy is guarding a secret about his family, and Ben is determined to set things right.Under that bright and unforgiving Montana sky, Ben’s search for the truth reveals an unexpected malice in the sleepy little town – and a situation much more tangled than he could have imagined.
Three years, countless joints, and one arrest later, Ben finds himself yanked out of his city life and plunked down in eastern Montana with his father and Edward, the Boyfriend. As if arriving in a Hicksville town with hair spikes, a skateboard habit, and two dads isn’t painful enough, Ben soon realizes something is gravely wrong at the house next door.
Eleven-year-old Billy is guarding a secret about his family, and Ben is determined to set things right. Under that bright and unforgiving Montana sky, Ben’s search for the truth reveals an unexpected malice in the sleepy little town – and a situation much more tangled than he could have imagined.